Coaches who have won three or more SECCGs.....

I believe he was gone before the SECCG got started.

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I think the game itself might have to go the way of the dodo bird.

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Without some incentive beyond a delayed bye week for the winner and an extra game for the loser and a trophy I think it soon becomes non-existent. Carson Beck suffering a season ending injury, possibly career ending and certainly career impacting injury, is a cautionary tale in this day and age despite it being statistically unlikely to happen often enough to be a real risk. When you are running a business. and players vying for NFL draft stock and NIL deals are running a business, the risk to the individual is not worth the reward. It could help a team solidify a playoff bid (SMU and Clemson both did that simply playing an extra game) but it does not help the individual when their eligibility is ending - there will be players opting out and coaches sitting starters going forward. Few people ever thought CFB would devolve into the FSU fiasco last year....it did indeed.

I am curious what the TV audience was like. I suspect it was massive but would not be surprised if it wasn't. Demand for tickets was waaaaayyyyyy off on the secondary market.

Bryant never coached in an SECCG.

Dooley won 6 SEC championships, so Kirby wouldn't even be the leader at UGA.

We're talking the actual SEC championship game here.

Saban won 11 I think, two at LSU. 2001, 2003, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2023

Spurrier won 5 if I'm not mistaken. 1993-1996, 2000

I was kind of surprised that Urban, Miles, Fulmer never won more than two. But it's true. That ties them with Coach Richt, who was underrated IMO.